United States / 23-03-2017

NYPD: Sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in 2017

There
has been a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents and other hate crimes in New
York City this year, police said Wednesday.

Capt.
Mark Molinari , who leads the NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force, said there have been 67 antisemitic incidents
in 2017. Last year at this time, there were 24.

Overall,
113 hate crimes have been committed in the city's five boroughs this year. The
total for all of 2016 was 375.

"The NYPD will not condone anyone in New York City attacking or harassing
someone because of their faith," NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said,
reports the Daily News.

There
have been several incidents this year in which bomb threats have been called
into Jewish community centers. Forty-eight centers received such threats in
January, and more
than 50 have
been called into Jewish community centers in 2017.